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Damascus regime troops,allies retake most Of

Beirut - Emirates Voice

Syrian troops and allied fighters advanced Saturday to capture most of Albu Kamal, a monitor said, in a tug-of-war over Daesh’s last urban stronghold in the country. The town in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province has changed hands several times, with regime troops announcing its capture but losing it to a blistering Daesh counter-attack a week ago. Syria’s army and Lebanese,Read more

Syria army announces full recapture of last IS-held town

Damascus - AFP

Syrian troops and allied forces on Thursday took the town Albu Kamal, which was the last urban hub still controlled by the Islamic State group, the army announced. "Our armed forces units, in cooperation with allied and auxiliary forces, have liberated the town of Albu Kamal in Deir Ezzor province," a statement carried by the official SANA news agency saidRead more

Syria army, allies 'encircle' last IS-held town

Damascus - Emirates Voice

Syrian troops and allied militiamen on Wednesday encircled the Islamic State group in Albu Kamal, the jihadists' last urban stronghold in the country, state media said. "Army troops and allied forces have completely encircled Daesh terrorists in Albu Kamal and have begun operations to eradicate them from the town," state news agency SANA reported.Read more

Syria army breaks IS siege on Deir Ezzor air base

Damascus - Emirates Voice

Syrian troops Saturday broke the Islamic State group's siege of the eastern Deir Ezzor military airport, state media reported, days after ending another siege on residential districts of the city. State news agency SANA said the breach came "after the forces advancing from the cemetery southwest of the city linked up with the forces holding the air base".Read more

30 persons killed at Homos’ Waar district

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Clashes resumed between the Syrian governmental troops and armed militias loyal to the Syrian regime on one hand, and ISIS extremist group on the other hand in the surrounding area of Jahar oil field in the eastern desert of Homos and other areas surrounding the oil fields in the city amid intensive air raids targeting the group’s strongholds to achieveRead more

Moscow sees liberation of Aleppo as important step towards settling situation in Syria

Moscow - Arab Today

Moscow sees the liberation of Aleppo as an important step aimed at settling the situation in Syria while preserving its state institutions and territorial integrity, Tass news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying in a press briefing Tuesday. "On December 22, Syrian troops seized the last quarters of eastern Aleppo that had remained under militants’ control.Read more

SOHR: 20 airstrikes launched on Aleppo eastern districts

London - Arab Today

Over 20 airstrikes were launched on the eastern districts of Aleppo Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported. The air raids have reportedly left several people killed and wounded. Syrian troops, meanwhile, took control of al Bureij hills in Syria after clashes with opposition fighters. Earlier in the day, the observatory said 82 people were killed in theRead more